Umlauts (or other 'special' characters) in plots?

[Matthias Brennwald]

David Bateman wrote:
> Matthias Brennwald wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> Is there a way to print umlauts or other 'special' characters in plots?
>>
>> For example, the following gives poor results (with Octave 2.9.17 and 
>> gnuplot 4.2 on Ubuntu 7.10.):
>>
>> --------
>> octave:1> plot(rand(1,10))
>> octave:2> xlabel('Kräuter')
>> octave:3> ylabel('Rüben')
>> --------
>>
>> Cheers
>> Matthias
>>
>>
>>   
> It will work with 2.9.18 when it comes out. At least on gnuplot
> "extended" terminals..

Is there a way to get it working right now? I would be glad to have it 
working this week...
I guess the change has been added to the current version available via 
CVS. However, I can't access the CVS repository. The connection always 
times out.

Matthias


-- 
Matthias Brennwald
Project Manager Safety Analysis
Hardstrasse 73
5430 Wettingen
Switzerland
+41 56 437 13 32